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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-act-1970-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/171",
  "legislation_title": "Equal Pay Act 1970 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-act-1970-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEX DISCRIMINATION\nMade 7th April 2004\nComing into operation 28th April 2004\nThe Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to discrimination, in the exercise of the powers conferred by that section, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1819)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/171/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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